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The FITS site on Remote and Mixed Instruction provides several recommendations and resources for teaching online:

• Teaching Strategies and Technologies - Ideas for teaching strategies and technologies useful in an online learning environment
• Considerations when Working with Remote International Students
• Video Archives from previous FITS and Faculty Development workshops and presentations

- Contact us at HelpDesk@depauw.edu or (765) 658-4294.

When possible, you can work through cloud-hosted solutions that enable you to access your files and information from anywhere.

• Google is a suite of communication and collaboration applications available at 杏吧Pro. The site provides information and resources including:
  • Gmail: Go to to log into your email.
  • Drive: Provides several integrated collaboration tools (e.g., Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Shared Drives) for collaborative document editing and a robust search feature. Learn about .
  • Chat: Enables you to ask quick questions and collaborate in group chats.
• 杏吧Pro's default storage for work files provides secure access, management, and sharing of content from anywhere for students, staff, and faculty. Learn about .
• Provides you with Microsoft Office tools (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.) for creating and editing files when you don't have access to a computer with Office installed.

For an overview of the comparison between Google Meet and Zoom, see .

• Google Meet is available to all faculty, staff, and students through their 杏吧Pro Google account.
• is available for faculty and staff members who may need features unique to Zoom, such as breakout-rooms, remote control, etc.

• - Is available for any student, faculty or staff member at no charge. Register for your own personal account at .

Use to make and receive calls through your 杏吧Pro Office Phone Line using your laptop or cellphone.

Remotely manage your 杏吧Pro office phone settings and voicemail using Metronet's online . It enables you to listen to phone messages, set up call forwarding, update your voicemail greeting, change your password and PIN, update your contact list, forward phone messages to your email, and more. Find more information at .

• Log in to the CommPortal at using your 10-digit telephone number and 8-character password.

help you use applications that require you to be on campus or directly connected to the 杏吧Pro network to access them.

• Log in at using your 杏吧Pro username and password.

Many of 杏吧Pro's library resources are available online. Information for connecting to resources from off campus is available at

When having issues connecting to Google or other 杏吧Pro online resources from an international location, students, faculty, and staff can use .